Charlie Denton represents an array of clients in environmental and toxic tort litigation, enforcement defense, regulatory compliance solutions and pollution insurance coverage disputes. He also serves as an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) neutral mediator and arbitrator. Persistent and highly collaborative, Charlie can take complicated issues and challenges and then identify a strategic path to achieve the client’s objectives.
Charlie’s representation of industrial, municipal, institutional, educational and individual clients includes judicial and administrative environmental proceedings at the federal, state and local levels. He also represents policyholders involved in environmental coverage claim disputes and litigation with millions of dollars in the balance.
In addition, Charlie assists clients with managing environmental risks in commercial transactions, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, as well as ISO 14000 environmental management systems. He advises on lender liability issues and environmental audits to assess potential facility contamination and regulatory compliance for the acquisition and financing of real estate, as well as waste management and remedial actions, environmental permits enforcement, and defense of citizens’ suits.
Charlie serves as a zealous advocate for his clients, focusing on their specific strategic goals and finding solutions that solve their immediate and long-term challenges. Charlie makes a point of understanding his clients’ core objectives from the onset of representation to keep their environmental matter in perspective.
Charlie serves as a federal court arbitrator/mediator/neutral evaluator, a state court facilitative mediator, and an arbitrator and mediator for private ADR proceedings. When serving as a neutral, Charlie remains personally dedicated to finding a balanced approach to dispute resolution that meets the needs and interests of the parties involved. Charlie is valued for his thoughtful understanding of the underlying business and legal issues that permeate every dispute, as well as for his calming approach to resolving the people challenges and emotional aspects that underlie most acrimony. An active listener, Charlie serves as a catalyst to working constructively with even the most disparate parties to achieve a reasonable outcome.
Charlie is actively involved with key industry, legal and environmental associations, often in leadership roles. He is the author and co-author of several publications highlighting environmental law topics, and gives frequent presentations for the American Bar Association, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, and State Bar Associations for Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin
More Legal and Business Bylines From Charles M. Denton
- Georgia Enacts Prohibition on PFAS Firefighting Foam - (Posted On Monday, April 15, 2019)
- PFAS Firefighting Foam Legislation Proposed in Georgia - (Posted On Tuesday, March 12, 2019)
- Michigan DEQ Restructuring: The EGLE Has Landed - (Posted On Friday, February 08, 2019)
- Michigan Lame Duck Environmental Legislative Round-Up - (Posted On Wednesday, January 16, 2019)
- Michigan DEQ Says Industrial Pretreatment Programs Must Address Emerging Containment PFAS - (Posted On Friday, March 16, 2018)
- Michigan DEQ Proposes New Cleanup Criteria Rules - (Posted On Friday, September 08, 2017)
- Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to Re-Examine up to 4,000 Sites for Vapor Intrusion Risk - (Posted On Thursday, February 23, 2017)
- Michigan Air Toxics Program Status Quo Continued as DEQ Rejects Revisions - (Posted On Thursday, April 07, 2016)
- Flexibility is Key Under Michigan’s Revised Liquid Industrial By-Products Statute - (Posted On Tuesday, March 15, 2016)
- Supreme Court Stays Clean Power Plan, Creating Additional Uncertainty for Industry - (Posted On Thursday, February 11, 2016)